Systematic experimental investigation of the obstacle effect during non-competitive and extremely competitive evacuations

C Feliciani, I Zuriguel, A Garcimartín, D Maza… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Although some experimental evidence showed that an obstacle placed in front of a door
allows making people's evacuations faster, the efficacy of such a solution has been debated …

Revisiting the level-of-service framework for pedestrian comfortability: Velocity depicts more accurate perceived congestion than local density

X Jia, C Feliciani, H Murakami, A Nagahama… - … research part F: traffic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evaluation of pedestrian comfortability is important for the construction and
management of walkable spaces. Pedestrian level-of-service (LOS), which is mostly …

A fine discrete field cellular automaton for pedestrian dynamics integrating pedestrian heterogeneity, anisotropy, and time-dependent characteristics

Z Fu, Q Jia, J Chen, J Ma, K Han, L Luo - Transportation research part C …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a discrete field cellular automaton (CA) model that integrates
pedestrian heterogeneity, anisotropy, and time-dependent characteristics. The pedestrian …

Mapping user experiences around transit stops using computer vision technology: Action priorities from Cairo

S Wael, A Elshater, S Afifi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the field of urban studies, artificial intelligence technology offers potential applications.
There are, however, limited sources on how technology can contribute to the study of user …

Observational characteristics of pedestrian flows under high-density conditions based on controlled experiments

CJ Jin, R Jiang, SC Wong, S Xie, D Li, N Guo… - … research part C …, 2019 - Elsevier
High-density crowds are associated with high risks such as stampede accidents. Therefore,
it is important to understand the dynamics of high-density crowds. We performed …

[HTML][HTML] High-statistics pedestrian dynamics on stairways and their probabilistic fundamental diagrams

CAS Pouw, A Corbetta, A Gabbana… - … research part C …, 2024 - Elsevier
Staircases play an essential role in crowd dynamics, allowing pedestrians to flow across
large multi-level public facilities such as transportation hubs, shopping malls, and office …

Modeling of pedestrian turning behavior and prediction of pedestrian density distribution

C Sun, S Sun, D Qu, X Zhu, Y Liu - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2023 - Elsevier
As urban public spaces attract more pedestrians, it is essential to prevent excessive
pedestrian aggregation. Use of a walking behavior model is crucial to predict the distribution …

Macroscopic fundamental diagram for pedestrian networks: theory and applications

SP Hoogendoorn, W Daamen, VL Knoop… - … research part C …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Network or Macroscopic Fundamental diagram (MFD) has been a topic
receiving a lot of attention in the past decade. Both from a theoretical angle and from a more …

[HTML][HTML] Electric bike navigation behaviour in pedestrian crowds

K Kazemzadeh, A Laureshyn, E Ronchi… - Travel behaviour and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the influence of pedestrian crowdedness on e-bike navigation
behaviour in a controlled field experiment. The dataset includes a total of 1520 trajectories …

Macroscopic fundamental diagram for pedestrian networks: theory and applications

SP Hoogendoorn, W Daamen, VL Knoop… - Transportation research …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Macroscopic Fundamental diagram (MFD) has proven to be a powerful concept in
understanding and managing vehicular network dynamics, both from a theoretical angle and …